I found this video to be very informative because it had some key points. One that particularly stood out to me was using music to remember things. Just as history was passed orally through music before written documents, we still use this music for remembering things. This is especially true in the lower elementary classrooms where we teach students simple songs like the ABC's to learn their alphabet letters and also color songs to remember the correct spelling.
During 6th grade my class was struggling with the remembering prepositions, so Mrs. Stapleton had the wonderful idea of having us memorize them in order to a familiar tune. I sang mine to the William Tell Overture (horse racing song) and to this day, I can still remember my prepositions.
It may have seemed like a silly idea at first but, music can be a powerful tool that allows students to store valuable information and should be used as much as possible in the classroom.
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